Other News - 03/10/2005

Swiss International Air Lines flew 1.4 billion RPKs in February, down 12.4% compared to the year-ago period. Intercontinental traffic dropped 14.9% to 1.03 billion RPKs while European RPKs dipped 3.9% to 351 million. Total capacity (ASKs) declined 14.3% to 1.95 billion, driven by an 18% fall in intercontinental ASKs to 1.3 billion, while European ASKs were down 5.6% to 632 million. As a result, system load factor rose 1.6 points to 71.2%. On European routes, load factor was up 1 point to ...